OPERATION
BEVEL CUT
See Figures 34 and 35.
A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of the workpiece with the blade angled to the fence and miter table. A bevel cut is made with the miter table set at the zero degree position and the blade set at an angle between 0° and 45°.
INDICATOR
POINT
30 15
SCALE
BEVEL
LOCK KNOB
MOUNTING
BRACKET
Fig. 34
TO BEVEL CUT WITH YOUR MITER SAW:
■Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height.
■Lift the miter table clamp.
■Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with zero on the miter scale.
■Push the miter table clamp back down.
Note: You can quickly locate zero on the scale. The miter table can be seated in one of the
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always push the miter table clamp back down before making a cut. Failure to do so could result in movement of the miter table while making a cut.
■Loosen the bevel lock knob and move the saw arm to the left to the desired bevel angle.
■Bevel angles can be set from 0° to 45°.
■Align the indicator point with the desired angle.
■Once the saw arm has been set at the desired angle, securely tighten the bevel lock knob.
■Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge securely against the fence. If the board is warped, place the convex side against the fence. If the concave edge of a board is placed
against the fence, the board could collapse on the
blade at the end of the cut, jamming the blade. See Figures 40 and 41.
■When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support the overhanging end(s) of the stock with a roller stand or with a work surface level with the saw table.
■Align the cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of saw blade.
■Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it against the fence. Use the work clamp or a C- clamp to secure the workpiece when possible. See Figure 35.
BEVEL CUT
5 
4
0 3
15
| 15 |
| 22.5 |
31.62 | 0 |
3 | |
45 |
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Fig. 35 |
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always keep your hands outside the no hands zone; at least 3 in.
(8 cm) from blade. Never perform any cutting operation freehand (without holding workpiece against the fence). The blade could grab the workpiece if it slips or twists.
■Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation just to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut is made.
■Grasp the saw handle firmly, depress the
■Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece. See Figure 35.
■Release the switch trigger and allow the saw blade to stop rotating before raising the blade out of workpiece. Wait until the electric brake stops blade from turning before removing the workpiece from miter table.
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